Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Operating Activities
Net income (loss) attributable to Adient	$ (50)	$ (3)
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests	46	46
Net income (loss)	(4)	43
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided (used) by operating activities:
Depreciation	142	140
Amortization of intangibles	23	25
Pension and postretirement expense (benefit)	6	13
Pension and postretirement contributions, net	(16)	(9)
Equity in earnings of partially-owned affiliates, net of dividends received	(20)	(26)
Impairment of interests in nonconsolidated partially owned affiliates	0	7
Premium paid on repurchase of debt	0	7
Deferred income taxes	(7)	(4)
Equity-based compensation	23	18
Other	2	2
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding impact of acquisitions/divestitures:
Receivables	(33)	(98)
Inventories	56	81
Other assets	(59)	(71)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	27	31
Accrued income taxes	(18)	11
Cash provided (used) by operating activities	122	170
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures	(124)	(117)
Sale of property, plant and equipment	14	15
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired	0	(11)
Business divestitures	(3)	3
Other	0	(1)
Cash provided (used) by investing activities	(113)	(111)
Financing Activities
Increase (decrease) in short-term debt	(2)	(2)
Increase (decrease) in long-term debt	0	1,002
Repayment of long-term debt	(1)	(1,104)
Debt financing costs	(5)	(23)
Share repurchases	(150)	(28)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests	(51)	(52)
Share based compensation and other	(12)	(11)
Cash provided (used) by financing activities	(221)	(218)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	7	38
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(205)	(121)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,110	947
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 905	$ 826